Hazing, claims she was kicked out of her College Sorority for verbally and physically abusing pledges. Shes here this morning telling her side of the story. And good morning, america. Lets get right to the breaking news. The First American air strikes in syria. A new front in a long war. Missiles fired from warships dropped by air. Most targeting the isis stronghold of raqqa. But also a new terror group inside syria called khorasan. We have breaking details on how that active plot targeting america was stopped. Surprising developments. And our first, our news. Our abc news Security Team up all night tracking this story. And lets start with Martha Raddatz who is in washington. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a major escalation in the fight. It may not have been shock and awe, but the wave of air strikes that hit syria last night was the biggest we have seen in a single day since the u. S. Began attacking isis in early august. We did not do it alone and not just attacking isis. The strikes were launched from the air and the sea. Missiles and precisionguided bombs from u. S. Stealth bombers, stealth fighters, and armed drones pummelling 22 targets in syria with 47 tomahawk missiles fired from Navy Warships in the persian gulf and red sea. Very different from what weve been doing in iraq. This is almost like a desert storm. Where we went in with lots of fire power, everything the United States has, all our best gear is going into this fight. Because we have to treat it like a very highthreat environment. Reporter 14 of the targets were aimed at isis headquarters, supply depots, command and control centers, and finance centers. Stretching from the isis stronghold of raqqa where the americans and british hostage were executed and across the east to the iraq border. But eight additional al qaeda targets were hit to disrupt what the u. S. Called an imminent attack against the United States and western interests by the khorasan group. War planes from five largely sunni nations, jordan, saudi arabia, bahrain, qatar and the United Arab Emirates helped with the attacks against isis. This is the first time we have had this much participation from sunni arab nations dropping bombing on other sunnis. Its quite remarkable. Reporter the u. S. Has been flying surveillance missions, picking out the targets for the unique coalition of partners to attack isis. It was not a mission without risk. Syria has sophisticated antiaircraft systems. But it is unlikely the assad regime would want to fire on the u. S. Or arab countries since assad, too, would like to get rid of isis. And we learned this morning the Syrian Regime was notified of the attacks, which would have been to help deconflict those aircraft and send a warning to syria not to strike. George . And more from jon karl. We know the president met last week with the generals. When did he give the final green light to strike . White house officials arent saying when it precisely was. But their theyre saying he made the decision to do this way back on september 10th when he addressed the nation. And when he visited with his generals down in tampa, he went through the specifics and the details of the plan carried out last night. And then throughout the night, im told, the president was kept informed of the progress of the air strikes. But in terms of when he precisely gave that green light, white house officials arent saying. We heard many times from the white house there would be no coordination with the government of syria. But there does appear to have as martha said, some notification of the syrian government. Yes, theyre also being squishy about when and how it was transpired. The syrians claimed that secretary of state john kerry sent a letter. White house officials deny that, saying there was no direct notification coming from the secretary of state. But they did notify them through a third party, im told. And the important detail here is they did not coordinate with the syrians. Didnt give them any details. It was simply a notification that the air strikes were about to start. Thank you, jon. And joined now by the pentagon spokesman, admiral john kirby. Admiral kirby, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Was this mission a success . Yes, we believe it was, george. Were still assessing the effectiveness of the strikes that took place over several hours last night, as you know. But all indications are that we were successful at hitting what we were aiming at. What did you take out . Well, we took out command and control facilities, depots, training areas, some vehicles and trucks, that kind of thing. Mainly we were going after this groups ability to sustain itself, to resource itself, and to frankly command and control and lead their forces. Were there americans on the ground in syria assisting with these strikes . There were no americans on the ground in syria during these strikes. We have had several weeks of strikes in iraq, but isis is still hanging tough there. How long should americans expect the strikes to continue . Theyre going to continue for quite some time. Its hard to put an end date on it. But the guidance from the a commander in chief is pretty clear. Were going to take the offense to isil inside iraq. You will continue to see as yesterday, more air strikes inside iraq in support of Iraqi Security forces. And separate strikes against another al qaeda affiliate. In another part of syria. Khorasan. What can you tell us about that . Khorasan is an offshoot of al nusra, an al qaeda affiliate. We had very good indications that this group, which is a very dangerous group, was plotting and planning imminent attacks against western targets to include the u. S. Homeland. It was on that basis that we struck those targets inside syria. Let me press on that. You knew of a possible attack against the United States homeland . We knew there was active plotting going on for an attack on the u. S. Homeland. I wont be able to go into much more detail than that, but we were aware of it. But do you believe that that threat was eliminated . We believe that the individuals that were plotting and planning have been eliminated. And we will continue to assess the effectiveness of our strikes going through today. Admiral kirby, thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Big headline, plotters taken out. Really takes your breath away, thinking about that. But as you and the admiral just mentioned, the other threat, the terror group that many believe is a bigger threat to the u. S. Abcs brian ross is here. He has many more details on that. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, robin. Khorasan is a shadow we group of 50 sfigtefighters that the u. S. Admiral kirby said, considers far more dangerous than isis. Officials believe they are using a facility in syria near aleppo to attack american aviation using a new generation of undetectable explosives. The u. S. Alone carried out those eight air strikes against that group, including training camps, explosives, ammunitions, and communications facility, and command and control facilities. The group my grated under the command of a wanted terror leader with a 7 million u. S. Bounty named muhsin al fadhli. You said undetectable explosives, what more can you tell us . Reporter they were in the final stages of putting them in toothpaste tubes or clothing dipped in liquid explosives that could explode on an airplane and not be detected. Unlike isis, this group tried to keep their existence and hideout secret. News agencies, including abc news, were diskounched frcourag reporting on this in the last few days for fear of showing them how much information that the u. S. Had about them. But its reassuring how much information the u. S. Did have on this group . Yes. Absolutely, inside the operation. And amy with the other stories. We begin with more breaking news from the middle east. Word that israel shot down a syrian fighter jet. Were braking into programming right now. The president about to speak on the air strikes in syria overnight. Lets pause so the rest of the country can join us. Announcer this san abc news special report. Attack on isis. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. And for those of you just joining us, president obama about to address americas first air strikes in syria. Launched overnight. The u. S. Pummel over 20 targets. And another terror group, an al qaeda cell called khorasan. Officials tell us they were actively planning a plot on u. S. Soil. The planners were killed. George, you can expect the president to underscore the huge significance of the fact that five arab allies took part in air strikes overnight. The white house is saying proves it is not matter of the United States being at war with isis. But isis being at war with the world. And most importantly, the arab world. The timing is extraordinary. The president leaves immediately after he speaks today to go to new york to the meeting of the United Nations general assembly. Hell be pressing hard for a resolution of the Security Council to force people to crack don on foreign firgts moving from country to country. There was information given to syria before the strikes. The ambassador to the u. N. Telling her counterpart. The United States officials stress there was no coordination with the government of syria here. The United States has been very much opposed to assads regime. Heres the president. Good morning, everybody. Last night on my orders, Americas Armed forces began strikes against isil targets in syria. Today, the American People give thanks for the Extraordinary Service of our men and women. In uniform, including the pilots who flew these missions with the courage and professionalism that we have come to expect from the finest military that the worlds ever known. Earlier this month, i outlined our strategy to confront the threat posed by the terrorist group isil. As part of the campaign, i made clear the United States would take action against targets in iraq and syria. So the terrorists cannot find safe haven anywhere. I said america would act as part of a broad coalition. We have been joined by saudi arabia, the United Arab Emirates, jordan, bahrain, and qatar. America is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations on the behalf of our common security. This is not americas fight alone. Above all, the people and governments in the middle east are rejecting isil and standing up for the peace and security that the people of the region and the world deserve. Meanwhile, we will move forward with our plan supported by bipartisan majorities in congress to ramp up our effort to train and equip the Syrian Opposition, who are the best counterweight to isil and the assad regime. Over 40 nations have offered to help in this effort to confront this terrorist threat. To train and equip iraqi and Syrian Opposition fighters. To cut off isils fitnenancing. To counter its hateful ideology and to stop the flow of fighters into and out of the region. Last night, we took steps to stop plotting by seasoned al qaeda operatives in syria known as the chorasan group. It must be clear to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists that threaten our people. Im pleased that there is bipartisan support for the actions weir taking. America is always stronger when we stand united. The unity sends a message to the world that well do what is necessary to defend our country. Over the next several days, ill have the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister of iraq and with friends at the United Nations to continue to deal with the threat to obvious peace and security. The overall effort will take time. There will be challenges ahead. But were going to do whats necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group. For the security of the country and the region and for the entire world. Thanks, god bless our troops. God bless america. Are americans in danger living in the United States . The president will leave the white house now, come to new york, for a meeting at the Clinton Global Initiative this afternoon. The United Nations general assembly. I want to go to Martha Raddatz. Martha, the president saying the United States will do what it takes. It will take some time. U. S. Officials do believe that the strikes last night were a success. They believe they were successful. 22 air strikes. We dont know how many missiles or bombs were involved in that. There were about 50 tomahawk missiles. How many the bombers released is unknown at this time. It was a significant strike to the swath of territory in syria. And they do believe, again, that it was successful. Not only against the isis targets but the khorasan targets as well, the Al Qaedaaffiliated cell. The president saying that was a group plotting against the United States. The plotters were eliminated. Martha, thank you very much. Well return to leg lar programming. Much of the country, that is Good Morning America. You can get the latest on abcnews. Com and on world news with david muir later tonight. Announcer this has been a special report from abc news. And this morning, new information about who police think is behind some of the troubles. There were two rival groups of mainly chinese men and women who were trying to oneup each other up to their place in line. It escalated. And the fight became quite large. Reporter investigators say its part of a scheme to buy phones here in the u. S. And sell them for five, even ten times as much on the black market this china, where they have yet to go on sale. Vendors on the streets of beijing reportedly selling an iphone 6 for 1034, seven times what it costs here. An iphone 6 plus even pricier at over 2,400. One even reportedly going for 3,250. The United States saying many times they would not coordinate with the government of syria. There was some notice to syria and u. S. Officials tell us that the syrian fwochlt did not interfere with the american air strikes at all. Thats right. U. S. Officials defensive about this. They say they were not asking for permission from the syrians. They were telling the assad regime, really warning them not to interfere with this operation, giving that notification. They were not asking permission. Not coordinating. They didnt give details about where the strikes would be. It was a notification by way of a warning transmitted, george, by the u. N. Rep the u. S. R representative at the u. N. The president going to the United Nations. The u. S. Saying they dont need u. N. Authorization for these strikes. To robin. More flash flooding across new mexico and other areas. Yes, el paso, texas. 5 to 15 inches of rain. Another half foot or so falling. One person at least has died in the floods. And look at the pictures. From carlsbad, new mexico, its not just water. But mud and debris. A lot of damaged homes in that area. This is the water vapor satellite, the moist air ahead of the trough. Heres the brown, the drier air thats going to filter in, already happening. Thats why phoenix to 102. Some showers left today, but by tomorrow, much drier in those areas. Ill give you a look at the west coast, too. Where muchneeded rain is coming in. As far south as San Francisco. Good for the fires. Your local Weather Forecast in just 30 seconds. 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Five arab nations, including saudi arabia and jordan, participated in the air strikes. The president reaffirmed that america will not tolerate a safe haven for terrorists. Lets check out your morning commute with leyla gulen in the traffic center. Hey there, kristen. It looks like traffic is moving into San Francisco just fine despite the fact we have the folsom street portion closed. I want to take you to san jose where we have a couple of problems, the first is a motorcycle accident northbound 280 and then the southbound side of 880 at Stevens Creek boulevard, another accident there blocking one lane. We are looking at backups. Very heavy traffic throughout san jose. Thank you so much. Well check out your good morning good morning. Angels and as again. 67 to 65 so pretty much the same weath weather. 49 in santa rosa and napa, the rest of us in the 50s and 60s. Microclimates during the overnight hours for this first day of just by switching to progressive. 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Dr. Richard besser will be here to talk about that. And somewhere in america, we are ready to upgrade your morning. Check out the children in the gym. They had no idea that tim tebow, look at him, just outside the door, about to pull off our huge, live upgrade event part of our allweek long extravaganza, where we challenge all of you to go the extra mile. Share with us how youre upgrating someones morning using the hashtag gmaupgrade. They have a lot of energy for 7 00 in the morning. Thats all coming up. But begin with the latest on the missing uva student Hannah Graham. Police now searching the home of a possible suspect for the second time on monday. Jesse matthew is wanted on an unrelated charge. And Steve Osunsami has the story. Reporter this morning the search is on for this 32yearold nursing assistant, seen with Hannah Graham just minutes before the university of virginia student went missing. Do you have any idea where he is right now . No, i wish i did. I really wish i did. Reporter heres his want poster that police are putting out. Jesse matthew. Hes not charged and not a suspect. The warrant for his arrest is for alleged reckless driving after he showed up ready to talk about the missing student. But police say he talked with a lawyer instead and then sped away dangerously when he realized they were following him out the station. We to want talk to jesse matthew. We want to talk about his interaction with this sweet young girl that we cant find. Reporter we also saw people with a moving van taking things out of his apartment. Then come police with another search warrant. Here they are taking away clothing, but they wouldnt say whose. There were shirts taken from the house. There were articles of clothing. I specifically dont know what they were. Reporter after appearing together in a handful of surveillance videos shot after 1 00 a. M. , police say matthew and graham walked into this restaurant and bar together. And believe they left together in matthews car, seized friday. Police are now testing it for fibers, hoping the results come back today. For Good Morning America, Steve Osunsami, abc news, charlottesville, virginia. And our thanks to steve. Now to the bombshell trial of a cancer doctor accused of poisoning her lover and zsh her former lover and a doctor with an ingredient found in antifreeze. They got the hear from her for the first time. Reporter shes been stonefaced and silent throughout the trial. But the jury hears the voice of dr. Ana gonzalez for the first time yesterday. Im not a crazy person. We were friends, i feel pretty betrayed. Reporter the intimate phone calls secretly taped by her former lover, dr. George blumenschein. George. Reporter just months after his coffee was allegedly spikes with a chemical found in antifreeze. Dr. Gonzalez was the leading suspect then and is now charged with aggravated assault. But in the tapes, she is trying to convince his longtime girlfriend is the one who poisoned him. Why in christ would i ever hurt you . Why . Why would evette hurt me . I dont know. I dont know you two. I wouldve run away a long time ago, but its different. I mean, you just seem to know things better. You seem to know her better. You trust her. Reporter the jury also hearing from the third person in this twisted love triangle monday, evett toney. Tearfully recounting how she miscarried while her longterm boyfriend was carrying on an affair with gonzalez. He said im not attracted to her whatsoever. Shes simply my work colleague. Reporter and the doctor was on the stand again monday. Its hard reliving this, i almost died. Reporter he believes that dr. Gonzalez poisoned him because he picked his girlfriend over her. She had a colombian coffee for me to try. Reporter if shes convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison. For Good Morning America, ryan owens, abc news, houston. 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I think the child was bit by a fox. We dont know the details. The other nurse ran outside. Reporter the fox racing to the playground at the elementary school, attacking a second grade boy and two others outside. The fox came out and just bit my leg. I was thinking that miss danielli would help me. Reporter phys ed teacher alyssa ripping the fox off of 7yearold evan, then getting attacked by the fox herself. It was trying to gnaw at his wrists and at his ankles. I had to pin the fox down to get it away from my students to keep my students safe. Reporter she was teaching class outside when she noticed a fox sneak around out of the woods and grab her student. Immediately springing into action, wrapping a neck brace around its mouth to prevent it from biting and trapping it under a recycling bin. Thank you for saving my life. Reporter authorities believe the same fox attacked danielle bacco earlier that day. Almost came in the house. 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But not us doctors. You can change that vote yes on proposition 46. Your lives are in our hands. Good morning, im eric thomas. Lets get right to todays weather, the first day of autumn. Good morning, everybody. Thank you, eric. Heres a look at our Weather Window from the east bay hills. Its partly cloudy to mostly cloudy down in the south bay and along the coast but well be sunny this afternoon. A few high clouds. 70s everywhere except for north bay. The south bay well get some 80s. Accuweather sevenday forecast, still going to be coolest thursday with that rain in the morning. Were going to be starting off with a look at the bay bridge as you come away as you push toward treasure island. This is a look from our emeryville camera and it looks like traffic is moving as it normally does. We do have a closure at folsom street. Heres a look at this drive along the westbound side of 80 at pinole valley road. There is a dump truck on fire and heavy backups. 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Abc news exclusive, miss america under fire, facing hazing allegations and claims she was kicked out of her College Sorority. Now shes here with her side of the story. Im glad you came and kerrys back and dishing on scandal. What will she say about the question every superfan wants answered . Where in the world is olivia pope . I got a feeling all that and alfonso and witney dominated dancing. Former contender Candace Cameron bure was there live, flying all night to join us here as we say im here with my buddies at station 31, good morning, america. And that is a nice crowd out in times square. But the question is, where is tim tebow . We know hes part of our live gma upgrade event this morning. About to upgrade for all the folks inside that school. Well tell you where in just a minute. Tim, tell us whats going to happen . Reporter well, this has been an awesome week of gma upgrades. And were superexcited. There are a bunch of kids going crazy right inside these doors. And we are excited to give them the surprise of their life. And youre the one to do that, tim tebow. That is just ahead. We are looking forward to that. And we want you to join in. All week long, our extravaganza, where were challenging all of you to go that extra mile. Do that Little Something extra and share how youre upgrading someone elses morning. Using our hashtag gmaupgrade. We want to hear from you and see what youre doing. Who doesnt love tim tebow . Great guy. Great guy. And also coming up, an abc news exclusive, miss america under fire right now. A new report claims she was kicked out of her sorority for whats being called exceptionally harsh hazing. She is going to join us live this morning. She is going to get into that. And then youre not going to want to miss this. Our george making a cameo on the hit abc show marvels agents of s. H. I. E. L. D. , take a look. Lets see. Oh you said you have s. H. I. E. L. D. Personnel and weaponry locked there, can you say the agents and hydra have been defeated . The corrupt institution has been dismantled. Yes. We cut down the tree. We pulled up the roots. Lets just say ill rest easier when we throw it all on the bonnfire. So you didnt get them all . I think i just did that interview an hour ago. I was wondering who you were talking to. Love that show. See it tonight. Yeah. Guys, be sure to tune in. The season premiere of marvels agents of s. H. I. E. L. D. Tonight, 9 00 eastern, abc, george, share with us how you got into character. It was a real stretch there. How about we get to some real news now from amy. Good morning, george. We grin with the breaking news. President obama confirming the u. S. Military, joined by five arab nations, has launched the first air strikes against isis militants in syria. The president emphasizing that with arab support, america is not alone in this fight. Once again, it must be clear to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists that threaten our people. The u. S. Also launched air strikes in western sere yarks targeting a terror group that u. S. Officials now fear even more than isis. Its called the khorazan group, it includes al qaeda veterans. The group was plotting imnant attacks using explosives in tooth paste tubes and woven into the fabric of clothing. A second fence is going up around the white house following the Security Breach over the weekend. A congressional hearing could be held as early as next week on how this man, armed with a knife, was able to jump the fence and run in the front door. He reportedly had 800 rounds of ammunition in his vehicle and was arrested back in july with a map that had a line drawn to the white house. The Washington Post says the secret service has known for 20 years that the white house fence was vulnerable to jumpers. And have been hampered by staffing shortages and high turnover among officers. Well, in medical news, a new study linked iron deficiency in pregnant mothers to autism. Saying women who do not get enough iron through food or supplements are five times more likely to have a child with the disorder. The research was conducted by the university of california. And another big medical headline, researchers have identified five steps men can take to dramatically reduce their risk for a heart attack. Heres what they are. A healthy body weight is key. So is physical activity. Moderate drinking. No smoking. And a healthy diet. Researchers claim these simple changes could prevent up to 80 of heart attacks in men. And finally, theres nothing like breaking through that giant banner to get a Football Team all revved up. The fans all excited for the first big game of the season. But sometimes things dont go quite so smoothly for these little guys. The final sign was way too strong for their 50pound physiques. Look what happened, crashing down like dominoes. The oversized helmets didnt help their balance there. Its ironic considering the name of their hometown, wallkill, new york. They killed that wall, just in a different way than they were expecting to. They tumbled over it instead of through it. How about the banner . Pull it tighter. Help them out there. Made for a cute video. It did. Pop news and weather coming up. Lets go to lara in the social square. I could relate to that, george. But lets get to the morning menu. Heres whats coming up on it, everybody. In pop news, superstar surprise, taylor swift shocks fans in a wonderful way, they cant shake it off. Plus scandal star Kerry Washington is here live. She is spilling secrets with robin on the new season. Gladiators, listen up. And big night on the dance floor, alfonso, witney, are they the favorites to win it all . 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They ate taylors homemade pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, she made herself, and they danced with the pop star. One fan said they had zero idea what was in store when they got the invite for this gathering. When you said chez swift, i thought it was some new restaurant i needed to write down. Much cooler than that. She does things like this all the time we dont know about. We have no idea. She is so kind. The only reason we know is from her fans posting those. Really cool. She wanted to get a little idea of how that album is doing. I would say its all right. Also, the humble paper airplane, the tried and true pots and pans, could soon be acknowledged as the legends that they are. If you are a parent of very small children, you know what im talking about. They do come in handy. They are on the list to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of fame. Other 2014 contenders range from timeless Little Green Army men to cult favorites like operation. And bubbles. And American Girl dolls, already on the list, my little pony, and teenage mutant ninja turtles. Hess trucks, rubiks cubes, also on the list. A National Committee of history, toy, and education experts all weigh in. And they choose two from that group. Theres a good one, slip and slide. Loving that. Slip and slide is going to be a contender in my book. If i get a vote, going with the slide. I like operation. I know, i do love operation. Operation good stuff. Discuss amongst yourselves what they should pick. While they do that i would like to share with you a video we thought was adorable. This dog really wants to share his masters food, doesnt want his master to know. So watch. Oh, i want it, but dont look. I really i want i want oh. Im going to pretend i dont see it. I want it thats a cruel master there, come on. I want it, no just one more time. I want it busted. And everybody, thats just a little smile on this tuesday in pop news. Big smile. Bigger smile if he got the treat in the end. He doesnt. Wow. No, he does, he does, he does. Heat index coming up. But ginger has a check of the weather first. And right out here, the class of 1976 from the philippines. Came to celebrate in new york city. Were celebrating a nice start. But storms on the way for orlando. Already in the low 70s, but the skies fill up. By this afternoon and evening, chances for showers and storms explode along the front in the southeast. And the low along the coast hello, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. The first day of autumn is like the last day of summer warm and sunshine. Light rain on wednesday night through the thursday commute and brighter and warmer weekend on the way. Today, 70s at the coast around the bay and up to 80 in napa and san jose and midtoupper 80s inland east bay neighborhood. Sevenday forecast shows the coolest day will be thursday with the rain. Have a great [ cheers and applause ] so this is exciting. I thought, what are you celebrating . And they said we are the queens. Just the queens, robin. Thats enough. Thats enough, ginger, thanks. And now to the new allegations against the new miss america, fighting charges she was kicked out of her sorority for abusive hazing. She is here exclusively to tell her side of the story to lara. But first abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story. Miss new york reporter newly crowned Kira Kazantsev wowed the judges with the happiest of performances. Clap along if you feel like thats what you want to do reporter her platform, domestic violence. But this morning she is the one facing allegations of abuse. Miss america and her Sorority Alpha Phi admitting monday that Kira Kazantsev had been kicked out of her sorority at Hofstra University for exceptionally harsh hazing. The website jezebel reporting she and another Sorority Sister were forced to leave the Alpha Phi Sorority in april 2013. It was alleged that under kiras supervision pledges were called names and made to perform physical tasks to the point of bruising and exhaustion. Hey, im walking here. Im walking here. Reporter the Miss America Organization saying kira has been fully transparent with the Miss America Organization about her termination from the Alpha Phi Sorority. For Good Morning America, Mara Schiavocampo, abc news, new york. And were joined now exclusively by miss america 2015, Kira Kazantsev. Good morning to you. Good morning. Thank you for having me. We have heard the allegations of hazing at Hofstra University. In your experience, what happened . First of all, these allegations are not true. Im incredibly hurt that someone has said these things. Under the broad definition of hazing, yes, i was involved with some of those activities while i was at hofstra. I came in as an impressionable freshman. Everybody wants to be a part of something. And at the time, unfortunately, that was just the culture of the university. And i was hazed. And i was kind of brought up through the organization thinking that was appropriate behavior. When clearly, im two years removed there the organization today. And i understand that thats not true. What did it include . It included Something Like you would stand in a line and basically recite information. Or a few sleepless nights crafting. Things that that were like menial tasks. And you were told that if you could learn the information and participate in the traditional things, then you would be a member of the sorority. Why did your sorority, alpha phi, decide to have you leave in april of 2013 after an investigation . I was asked by a new member educator when i was a senior to reach out to the alumni base to have an event of sorts. And in the email, i basically made a joke and that was taken out of context and forwarded to the national office. What was the joke that you made in that email . That we would make the evening scary for the pledges. When that event never came to fruition. None of those things that i have been accused of ever happened or were ever intended to happen. So of the accusations, which are the most inflammatory . Which ones do you absolutely 100 know never happened . All i can do is sit here and be honest and share that, yes, i was involved under the broad definition of hazing at some point. But never, ever in a million years what this is claiming to hold. Will you make hazing part of your platform now . Will you include that in your antifemale Violence Campaign . Well, i think now that, obviously, this is all this is all out in the open. And i think its very important for me to address it. Im going to take this negative and turn it into a positive. One last question. I know my 9yearold watched with wide eyes. What would you say to young girls who look up to you as miss america . What would you say to them about this . I would tell them its okay to make mistakes. Thats life. All right, thank you so much. Thank you for addressing it. Thank you for having me. All right, lara. I know you have to come over here in just a moment. But it was a great night on the dance floor. We are joined by none other than Candace Cameron bure, finished third last year. With her great partner, mark ballas. Thank you, you traveled all night long to be here. I know. But you were there in the dance room, on the dance floor. So what did you think last night about the dances . I didnt want to miss it. It was so much fun. Its such a great season. Wonderful people. I think it was a girls night last night. I thought the women rocked it. And mark ballas, of course, you cant be totally objective, thats your guy. For sure. But with sadie, what did you think about their dance . Shes just so adorable. Those dimples. She just shines out there. I thought they had a great dance. I dont know that the judges loved the country, but she did a fantastic job. You said it was womens night, but what about alfonso . I mean well, i mean, alfonso is is the exception. I was put i will bet that hes going to take it all. Hes such a great performer no matter what he does, he makes it look so cool. And an entertainer, he just plays to the crowd like that. Yeah. And you were posting photos on instagram. Want to take a look at them. Give us the inside scoop. What was going on behind the scenes . You know, its just such a fun atmosphere. Especially when this early in the game, because everybody is still there. I got to talk to Betsey Johnson for awhile last night. And she had the most amazing night. She said she truly felt beautiful for the first time in her life. Which is so surprising. She did look beautiful, and she was just in tears over just how proud she was. And i was so proud of her. She was one of my favorites last night. She had the wardrobe malfunction last monday. And then she just came out this week and was so elegant and graceful. I loved seeing her like that. So if you think she had a good night, who do you think is in jeopardy . Unfortunately, i think it might be michael. I think he was at the bottom of the leaderboard. He has such a joyful personality, so the fans could pull him through. Hes so [ laughter ] hes having a good time with it. He is. Candace, thank you for your insight in everything. Really do appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Now you can get some rest. Tune in tonight for the dancing with the stars results show. 8 00 p. M. Eastern. And tomorrow morning, the couple asked to exit the dance floor will join us here live tomorrow morning. Right now, upgrade your morning. All week long, going across the country to make your day better. Our Cameron Mathison surprised drivers in pennsylvania. Remember this yesterday, paying their tolls. And this morning, tim tebow is ready to surprise some lucky people. Lets reveal where he is. Hes in his hometown of jacksonville, florida. And he has been busy delivering some very special upgrades to folks there. See for yourself. Reporter whats up, everyone . Were at fire station 31 in jacksonville, florida. And were ready to give these guys an upgrade theyll never forget. Come on with me. Lets go say hey to some heroes. Good to see you, man. These guys help thousands of people every year. Now its time we help them. Yall serve the people of jacksonville every single day, but youre also people that dont get thank yous a lot. We want to say thank you and upgrade your morning. We actually have whitney, a celebrity chef. She won master chef. Shes cooking for yall right now. Buttermilk helps to tenderize the chicken. Reporter tenderizing the chicken. Whats up, man . Your hair looks just like mine. Chicken, you can put it on your biscuit. Sweet corn grits and barbecue shrimp. Reporter just another part of the upgrade is a 65inch samsung tv. My man kevin from samsung was nice enough to bring it over. So can we give kevin a hand . Pretty sweet. Reporter but theres no resting for these fearless heros. Oh. Well be back. Reporter always ready to spring into action, we were there when duty called. Fire call. Lets go. Go, go. Reporter so whats happening right now . Going on a chest pain call right now. Reporter this is real heros heading to go save someone. Do your thing. So they just ran into the house. Its amazing. Even when were trying to hang out and give them a good time, they have to go. They have to rescue and serve. But we were just getting started. Were outside of kimberly howards house. A single mom with three kids, unemployed. This is a woman thats an inspiration. Lets go upgrade her morning. Hi. Oh oh, my god. Oh, my, god bless you. You are so handsome. Reporter just heard so many Amazing Things about you. Oh, why thank you. Reporter absolutely. What a great mom and inspiration you have been. Thank you. Reporter so we wanted to come by and say thank you for everything. We got a whole bunch of groceries for you. Oh, my god. Reporter we know that your kids like playing at dave and busters, so a Gift Certificate there. Yes. Reporter and a bunch of toys from dave busters. And you love going to movies, these are Gift Certificates to go to a bunch of movies. Yes, sir. Reporter so you might wand to hold on to that. And this is for publix. Hold on to that. Yall made me feel so special. Well, you are. Because you just really made me fool good. This is truly a blessing. Thanks for the upgrade, Good Morning America. You are more than welcome. And, tim, we all agree, you so handsome. You are, tim tebow. I know you love being there in your hometown. And you have Something Else in store for us in a little bit, tim . Reporter well, these gma upgrades, they have been amazing. Being at the fire station with true heros that very rarely get thanked. To be able to be part of that was amazing. And to be with the Howard Family was an inspiration to me. And we have the best coming up in about five minutes. We are at Timberland Creek elementary. And they are superpumped. They have no idea whats going to happen. Well show it. Ll show it. Good morning, im eric thomas. President obama says the overnight air strikes against isis in syria proves the fight against terrorists is not americas alone. The president made a statement before leaving for new york and a meeting with the u. N. General assembly. Five arab nations, including saudi arabia and jordan, took part in the air strikes. The president reaffirmed that america will not top rate a safe haven for terrorists. Lets get an update on the Tuesday Morning commute. Heres leyla gulen. As we take a look, this is your exit coming off the bay bridge. Thats the fremont and folsom street exit, but you can see foal slsom street is blacked ou because it is under construction until march, 2015. But the good news is you can see how free flowing traffic is. Not seeing any backups whatsoever. Just your usual 21 drive away from the maze. When we come back, its the first day of autumn. Well get start maximizing at the place where you always get more than you pay for. T. J. Maxx. Brands you love, prices that work for you. You deserve it. Maxx life at t. J. Maxx. Good morning. If you listen really intently, you can hear it. There it is right there, angels and as and the giants and dodgers down in l. A. 67 degrees. Cooling only to 65 between 7 30 and 9 30. Heres your Weather Window, still partly cloudy conditions out there and temperatures today in the 70s and 80s in most neighborhoods, so a nice day for some warm weather this first day of starships were meant to fly now look whos at the twitter mirror this morning. There is Kerry Washington with Candace Cameron bure. Scandal is going start this week. Blockbuster drama, and robins going to talk to kerry about that in just a minute. We want to know where she is. We have no idea. When last we saw olivia pope, she was on the plane. And maybe well get her to dish. Help me, jake, president , president , jake . Can you help . I dont know. Get some answers out of her. And denzel is here to tell us about his brandnew thriller. We cannot wait to talk to Denzel Washington. Its some movie. It is something. And the first look at the allnew version of the hugely Popular Video game, Disney Infinity. It features all the characters from your kids favorite disney movies. And now some superheroes are joining the mix, george. Right now, tim tebow, taking over his hometown, jacksonville, florida, all morning long, upgrading their morning. Lets see him bring special surprises to hundreds of people right this second. Tim, take it away. Reporter this has been an awesome week so far. And were ready for the big surprise. America, come with us while we make some kids superhappy. Lets do this. Whats up, Timberlake Creek elementary . [ cheering ] whats up, guys . How we doing . Are you excited . [ cheers and applause ] yeah reporter i cant hear you. Are you excited . [ cheers and applause ] okay. Shh, shh. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Whats up, buddy . How are you doing . It is it is such an honor for me to be here with you today. Shh. Shh. Lets use our inside voices. It is such an honor for me to be here with you today. And on behalf of gma we have some awesome upgrades for you this morning. Are you excited . All yeah all right. Shh. Shh. All right, guys, shhh. Guess what . When we finish, we have an awesome breakfast from edgewood bakery. And it will be delicious. And guess what . Your teachers might let you eat some dessert. But the surprises arent just for you students. We have some awesome surprises for you teachers because we know how hard it is sometimes and how stressful it can be. So massage envy, come on out. We have some massages from massage envy. But youre also getting Gift Certificates to massage envy for any time youd like. Shh. Hey, guys. Shh. And for all you students, all of you also get sports Sports Authority 25 Gift Certificates that you can use for anything that you want. [ cheers and applause ] principal stefan. Principal, thank you so much for what you do for helping the next generation of americans. We appreciate it. You love being at this school. You make such a difference. Thank you. Tell us, what is the big surprise for these kids . No homework [ cheers ] reporter awesome. Thank you. How about that, guys . Surprise for the kids in jacksonville. Thank you, tim tebow. Lets go inside to robin. George, thank you. I think the best upgrade, no homework. I think that tops the list so far. Well, two days to go until tvs hottest political drama, scandal, gets going again. For gladiators, we last saw olivia pope on a plane. We didnt know where she was going. Quit her job. Quit the white house. Quit fitz. Or has she . We are so excited to have Kerry Washington back with us again. Hi. Im going to stay here. I love it here, love you guys. Love waking up with america. And our audience loves you. When you walked out, they went absolutely nuts in seeing you. But you have so much thats going on. Last night, your officially launched the clothing line you talked to us about. Thats right. The scandal collection for the limited. Now everyone can go and dress up as olivia pope, go home and watch the show as olivia pope. Its meta. I think these women out there. Theyll be doing that soon. Lets get down to it. Okay. Youre on a plane when last we saw you. You have to give us something before the premier. Oh, gosh. See . See how it is . You guys are our true gladiators. Yes. I can tell you you will know where the plane is going. You will in the very first episode, you will find out. Honestly, you love to watch because you love the shock and surprise. And i dont want to make it less fun for you. So we will know where the destination yes. That will be revealed. I heard you call me kdub. Trying to get signals out of me. The old nicknames. Trying to soften me up. Thats what they call you on the set. I had fun hanging out. There were a lot of betrayals last season. There were. Shonda rhimes says theres a lot of changes because of the betrayals. Thats right. We got to sort of see the unraveling of olivia pope. The breakdown based on her parents being around. A lot of us go back to our adolescent selves when our parents are around. We got to see part of her past. Shes trying to be somebody new. Shes trying to press the reset button. How much are you allowed to know . Nothing. Episode to episode. I know more than you because were shooting episode five. But thats all i know. I have no idea where the seasons going to end. I have no idea what the full arc of it is going to be. Im on this wild ride as much as anybody else. How much have you been enjoying . When i talked to you last week, had so much fun thank you for coming out, we loved having you. And it was great hanging out with shonda. And you alerted me, and we read the New York Times article. Took everybody aback, people who know her so well, when she was referred to in this article as an angry black woman. And a lot of people weighed in, you work with her every day, what did you think of the article . I think its so important to focus, to not give the piece too much attention and to really focus on the fact that she is extraordinarily creative, and brilliant, and compassionate. Shes doing something historic. This thursday night of television belongs to shondaland. Its so fantastic. I feel so honored. To be a part of it. Im excited for how to get away with murder at 10 00. Im really excited for everybody else to see it. I have seen the first episode, its unbelievably good. And to see greys at 8 00. Im thrilled. Its a fun thursday night in america these days. Youre changing tgit. Thats right, thank god its thursday. How excited are you about it . I mean, you know how the public is. What is it like around the studio . There was so much gratitude. We feel grateful to be part of something so special. When you love what you do, never work a day in your life. It doesnt feel like work because youre with family and doing what you love. For us to do that and do it with such talent, with an amazing team captain. Shonda rhimes is a blessing, she is. Courageous. Thats the word that people use over and over. Thank you. Can you. Kdub. And i thank you. Didnt bob iger challenge olivia pope in the ice bucket challenge . No, it was olivia pope, a bunch of the disney superheroes. And olivia pope was one of them. You explained that very well there. Hey, kerry, sincerely. You have been so generous of your time with us and we appreciate it. And season four of scandal premiers thursday night. Etc. Its new time. 9 00. Thats right, 8 00 central right here on abc. And gma went behind the scenes on shonda rimess other hit shows. And you can see that on goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo . And now a final check of the weather. Good morning, everybody. You know you work at gma and you walk in and this is what greets you. Seriously, i walked in, like, whoa, hello. Good morning, friends. Youre all from kansas. Thats not where were going to start. Were starting with twitter photos out of the southwest. The flash flooding and the really rough weather down there. Some good news. Some areas needed it. You get a shot of a rainbow out of a storm cloud. And some of the lakes and basins filling up that have been dr home. And all that weather is brought to you by h and r block. Amy, a lot of friends here. Explain that right now. Its a very exciting morning here in times square. Were surrounded by some of your favorite characters in the disney and marvel universes. Two worlds about to become one, thanks to Disney Infinity, the topselling game thats about to greet some mighty new characters. Take a look. This morning, the launch of a gamechanging marvel. 16 heroes from comic books, movies and tv are for the first time joining disney characters in an interactive toy video game called Disney Infinity marvel superheroes. Players can take some of their most favorite characters, create their own adventures. Customize their own worlds. Youre going to need a game console. A playstation 4, xbox one or wiiu. Reporter the new game box for sale includes software and a new base to plug into your console. Plus three superhero figurines. Take one of the collectible figures, and they appear inside of the game when you put them on the base. Reporter these discs have different virtual environments, including, check this out, Good Morning America. I can already see my kids planning this already. So much fun. And im here with jonathan, one of the Creative Brains behind Disney Infinity. John is going to show us how to combine this disney game with marvel. Im going to switch out mickey right here for iron man. Thats the one. And as easy as that. As easy as that. And were inside of the Good Morning America toy box right now that players can download starting today totally for free. Wow. Thats the ironman i just put on . Yes, absolutely. This is incredible in terms of the graphics. I love it. Thank so much. Our team at Avalanche Software in Salt Lake City worked their butts off to make this amazing. Look at ironman, flying through times square. And gma, your favorite super heros join the characters you love, and you can download it to play in times square. Its available starting right now. Thanks so much. Thank you. And coming up, we have twotime oscar winner Denzel Washington here with us live. So stay with us. Oscarwinner Denzel Washington is back in the equalizer. Hes an alltoohuman hero on drawing on a dark past to defeat some bad guys. Take a look. The men i killed, your men. I gave them a chance. They made their decision. Im giving you the opportunity to make yours. Done some bad things in my life. I promised someone that i loved very much that i would never go back to being that person. But for you, im going to make an exception. And denzel is here right now. And what we just saw right there, thats the dark mccall, in that scene. Yeah, he was in denial about his past. Didnt to want go back to it. But circumstances dictate that he that he must. Hes such a complicated character. When hes not being kind of a superhero, hes living this ordinary life alone, insomniac, a lot of ocd. A lot of ocd, yeah, yeah. What was that about . You know, the script gave me certain clues. He kept checking his watch all the time. So that made me think about obsessive behavior. I did research and decided, okay, this is what hes got. Opening and closing doors. Same tea bag. Seam tea bag, folds the napkin a certain way. You know, just like we do at home. Hes a killer when he wants to be. This is a throwback to the show in the 80s, the equalizer. I didnt watch it either. No . Not at all . No, no. Werent you curious . When i decided to do the movie, i didnt to want see it. I didnt want to pick up any i wanted my ideas to be original. If i tried something and saw it on the show, might not do it. You worked with one of our best young actresses, chloe grace moretz. Mark online wanted to know, what was the experience like . Whats special about her . Shes a talented and wise young lady. Very professional and just a very good actor. And you work with one of your favorite directors. You have worked together before. Yeah. Now youre working on magnificent seven . Next year. So it will be out in a couple of years. A western. You have a lot of range. Anything else you want to do that you havent done . I have to start riding horses next week. Thatll be fun. Thank you for coming in. Today, the equalizer is exciting. A lot going on there. It opens this friday, september 26th. And coming up, Bethenny Franke [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to Good Morning America. So happy to have our friend Bethenny Frankel here. A little chilly outside on this fall morning, the first full day of fall, i believe. Yes. Feeling like it. Not only a successful businesswoman in so many ways, now a successful author. Wanted to share her first childrens book, cookie meets peanut. Its about a diva dog that must learn to share her human mommy with a brandnew baby in the house. This hits close to home, you said. I once met a woman who said when she had a baby, the dog became a dog. Your dog is your baby. Then you have a baby, and your dog has to kind of take second position. Its such a relatable dynamic. And you worry about it. Bringing a baby home from the hospital. How theyre going to get along. They kind of turn into snoopy and woodstock. They do. Its adorable. Tell me, you have written fitness books, health books and kids book. Why . I write about what inspires me. My dog had been in my life for 14 years. Shes a complicated canine. And then my little girl came around and i was really concerned. Cookie rules the roost. Ellen once say, they dont get along. It would be hard if i had to give away my daughter. Because cookie is the main so now here we are, brin is how old . 4. 4 years old, how is cookie handling it . They get along really well. The dynamic actually reversed. Initially, cookie didnt want anything to do with brynne. And now, its a beautiful friendship. Theres a lot for parents too. A lot of tongue in cheek jokes in the background. Its naughty, funny, cool. Parents have to want to read it. The illustrations are so pretty. Thank you. Like you, theyre fresh and fun. Scrappy. I think its a great scrappy is a good word for it. I heard we were going to get a guest appearance from cookie today, shes too much of a diva . You guys wouldnt pay her enough. She didnt get handlers. Shes complicated. Shes a diva dog. Shes in the limo driving around. Im hoping to get a ride. Unbelievable. Before you leave us, tell me whats next in the Bethenny Frankel empire . Im talking about tv projects. And writing books. The skinny girl products. The nonalcoholic beverages, the chips, the dips. This is the reason that we won shark tank, everybody. My girl. A force to be reckoned with. Youre amazing. No, you are amazing. Finding time to write this, i understand, on your iphone. I write all my books on it used to be my blackberry, now its the iphone. Congratulations on your book. Thank you. A lot of book love. Its cookie meets peanut, its in bookstores today. It is a great story. So do check that out. We love you. Thank you. Is it the biting . We need to break up. Cuz i can stop . No i love you and your show. Its cable. 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At the very touch point of performance and innovation. Good morning, im eric thomas. First up, a traffic update. Heres leyla gulen. As we take you into the San Ramon Valley in san ramon, theres a sig alert in effect. Just one lane gets you by in the northbound direction at Bollinger Canyon right after a cement barrel emptied onto the roadway. We had lanes blocked off on the southbound side. All lanes have reopened there but just one lane remains open on the northbound side. Right off the bay bridge looks nice and clear into San Francisco. Solid win last night for both teams against l. A. Our home team, the as are going to be around 67 degrees at 7 05, dropping down to 65. Lets take a quick look at that accuweather sevenday forecast. The rain comes in wednesday announcer its live with kelly and michael day, from scandal, Kerry Washington. Plus bill oriley. And your questions comments when the hosts open up the inbox. 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